Alexander de Villa Dei, Peter Lombard, Johannes Egitanensis, Richard the Premonstratensian, Robert Grosseteste — c. 1260–1270; English
MS. Rawl. A. 384
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Alexander de Villa Dei, Peter Lombard, Johannes Egitanensis, Richard the Premonstratensian, Robert Grosseteste — c. 1260–1270; English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. A. 384
Date
c. 1260–1270
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fine miniatures (coloured drawings of the tables of consanguinity). fol. 90v: A bearded man in a long tunic and cloak, holding a table of consanguinity. His feet rest on a double-bodied lion, with a single head in the centre. fol. 91r: A bearded man and a woman holding a bunch of streamers which extend to various lines of a table of consanguinity below. The tops of streamers come from the mouth of a lion, whose head is decorated with stylised foliage.
Fine historiated initial. fol. 17r: In the upper part of the initial the Lamb of God with nimbus, holding a staff with banner and cross; in the lower part - a reclining figure, whose head is touched by a hand, appearing from above.
Good penwork initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 439, pl. XXXVIII)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Provenance
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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Title
Alexander de Villa Dei, Peter Lombard, etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. A. 384
Date
c. 1260–1270
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson A: English History
Alexander de Villa Dei, Peter Lombard, etc.
